Max Payne theatrical trailer releasedSony seems to always be right smack dab in the middle of patent infringement lawsuits. After the famous Immersion lawsuit that caused Sony to remove rumble capabilities from their Dualshock 2 controllers, the company couldn’t have been any more embarrassed.
Enter, Copper Innovations Group. According to a patent filed in western Philadelphia in 1996, Copper had patented a device labeled as a, "Hand Held Computer Input Apparatus and Method." Copper is claiming that the Sixaxis and Blu-ray remote, along with the Nintendo Wii remote and nunchuck device is in direct violation of their patent and has filed a lawsuit against both companies over the matter.
The small group of innovators are seeking not only damages plus interest, but also legal fees and an injunction permanently prohibiting Sony (and Nintendo) from releasing products that infringe upon the patent.
Sony representatives have not commented on the situation. However, after Immersion won USD 100 million dollars from the last affair Sony went through, it’s no surprise that other companies are trying for a huge payday as well.
Source: Gamespot

Man I like both of these companies I feel bad for them.
psn id: gingo.... i doubt this small company will have a chance of winning i saw the picture of what they are sueing for and it is nothing like what song and nintendo use
Lol. The description is about hand held thingys that can interact with a computer, AKA every single controller, keyboards, mice, etc in the world! (What picture?) And then they have to sue Sony and Nintendo, even years after they showed their stuff to the public!!! Besides, doesn't patent stuff expire after 10 years? Or is it 25?
I think it's stupid because the pictures look like a wireless mouse.
Thats bs. Your not allowed to design a controller for your own console now? lol wtf
How,can the Blu-ray remote be included the infringement?As far as i know it's just a blue-tooth remote.These days any company would try to make a quick buck by making false acquisitions on big companies,who'll undoubtedly kick their a55.
Too many of these small companies trying to sue console makers for a quick buck. They can stand in line behind the 3 or 4 other [small, no name] companies that I've read articles on that are suing Sony for some form of infringment.
Its like immersion all over again. Vague patents for the win, I guess.
Sounds like a fanboy!
Waste them Sony, waste them!
its not even a computer device. the guy is just greedy and is to late to sue when these things have been out for a year now and have been in development for longer. He shouldve known. Its like he just woke up or something. Sony and Nintendo will win this.
i think they are talking about the motion senstive stuff guys but this is jsut stupid you cant just say YOU big comanies cant use this beaucse you small ones dont have achance of acturly getting it out into the world you will destory the gamming world if you just hogg all the ideas from the ones who share them with eveyr one else then never share them your selves faaags if you cared at all about gamming and this kind of technology YOU WOULD NOT KEEP IT FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD
It doesn't matter... Their product is for a computer... Not a Gaming console nor a blu-ray player! That is half the battle right there!
Ach this is all nonsense.
I worse for a major hardware company. They're suing each other all the time. It's part and parcel of the job.
This seems like one of those times where some two-bit company buys up some vague tech-patent and tries to sue the big boys, hoping for a quick out-of-court settlement and a nice wee profit.
Nothing to worry about I do declare.
no sweat off Sony's nuts
It seems these guys just don't have cash so they're hitting the big guys for it. Their device is for a computer; PS3 is a Blu-Ray Player/ Video Game System. I don't see how they can do this when their stuff is made mainly for computers.
hope sony isnt stubborn like with immerssion going head on.. its always small weak companys who aint got sh!t to show for... i guess missery needs company -.-
how is the bluray remote an infringment??
it just uses bluetooth instead of an IR receiver
Can you say frivolous Law Suit? Sony and Nitty received patents for their console controller devices and this would have come up them.
Companies these days are all d***** bags. They complain about f**king everything, and you can't do anything without someone crying about it legally.
wow wtf?
MICROSOFT!!!! Microsoft put this small company up to sueing the best company in the world!! Thats why there not sueing M$!!!
Heres how it works...
Micorosft uses its hacking programs and plants a fake patent there for giving this small company the rights to sue poor ol' Sony!
This is easy to deal with, pay some hitman to whack the guy and everybody related to this matter lol
the U.S goverment sucks, where else can you think of something and get to sue someone if they made something close to it. like we all don't have any brains of our own, and we couldn't think of the same damm thing. you should have to make your product first, then if someone copies it , then you could sue. what a bunch of lazy greedy bastards in the USA.
too bad sony and nintendo basically own japan.
Yeah & I'm suing Sony because.......because.....I painted a picture of the six axis when I was in 1st grade. Seem like people these days will do anything to get money. i hope Sony can dodge this bullet.
awhh puhlease!!they're jus jelous tat the technology or w/e is more famous on the ps3 and wii,jus cause they didn't use it good doesnt mean they have to take it on the best systems,even the wii is wack!haha
I dont see why people get sued for thinking the same thing that some other person did just to make a quick buck. How does sony know that such a small company like that was going to produce something similar to what they already did. Thats crazy, they have to put it out first in order to sue and by the looks of things they didnt put out sh_t
They probably invented the wheel too, just forgot to file a patent.
Well. That sucks. If that patent was so important they would have filed sooner. BUT now that Sony is making a profit off from this they want in.
SMALL!!!! who are Copper Innovations Group?.....hope sony nd nintendo win.....
it's too bad. every one is trying to capatilize off of the big companies. both companies are really good to.
.....people always sueing over the stupidest things.....there just tryin to get rich why didnt they sue alone time ago when the dual shock first came out.?
What the hel, lets throw-in three claims! One of them is bound to get us some money.
Lame, and what's up with the censorship on the posting PSU?
i can't belive this, what is the matter with all these companies. I hope sony and nintendo win this case. I am sure for once sony and nintendo will have to put their heads together in order to combat this lawsuit, and hopefully this might be the begin of one of the greatest reunion in the history of video game; Sony and Nintendo releasing a one console together or maybe a game combining all nintendo characters and some prominent sony characters to symbolise their victory. I know, I know, thisis just a dream. lol